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Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Deer Creek Road & Fast Eddie's via Mount Watson Boulevard

12.6 mi · ▲ 2,306 ft · 5 hr 21 min

Deer Creek Road & Fast Eddie's via Mount Watson Boulevard is a 12.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Comstock Acres, CA. It climbs 2,306 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,313 – 7,655 ft · steepest grade: 15%13.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain) 39.16913, -120.14884
Nearest town Comstock Acres, CA
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Deer Creek Road & Fast Eddie's via Mount Watson Boulevard

12.6 mi · ▲ 2,306 ft · 5 hr 21 min

Elevation 6,313–7,654 ft

Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

Trailhead: Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain) · 39.16913, -120.14884

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start on Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain), heading NW.
  2. 0.7 miBear right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading W.
  3. 2.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  4. 250 ftTurn right onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain), heading NE.
  5. 1 miBear left, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading NE.
  7. 1.5 miSharp right onto Deer Creek Road, heading N.
  8. 250 ftContinue straight onto Fast Eddie's, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Charging Bear, heading SE.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Fast Eddie's, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Deer Creek Road, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftReach Fast Eddie's, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Fast Eddie's, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Charging Bear, heading N.
  15. 250 ftContinue straight onto Fast Eddie's, heading NW.
  16. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Deer Creek Road, heading NW.
  17. 200 ftSharp left onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading N.
  18. 1.5 miSharp left, heading S.
  19. 50 ftBear right onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain), heading S.
  20. 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 200 ftSharp right onto Mount Watson Boulevard, heading S.
  22. 2.3 miBear left onto Tahoe Rim Trail (Glass Mountain), heading E.
  23. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cinder-cone-out-back-22-km-54c6

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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